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  • A group of invalided soldiers at the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. Wood engraving, c. 1855.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: panoramic view. Line engraving.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris. Tinted lithograph by Aubrun after himself.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris. Etching by R. Wallis after Captain Batty.
  • Lame people, war victims and beggars receiving alms at a hospital. Etching after J. Callot.
  • A nurse with convalescent soldiers on the deck of a hospital ship. Pen and ink drawing by E. S. H.
  • A black banjo player with a wooden leg. Photograph, ca. 1865 (?).
  • Création du domaine des invalides de la Légion étrangère à Puyloubier.
  • A band of seven blinded soldiers playing the banjo. Photograph, ca. 1919.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: from the Breteuil walk. Coloured line engraving.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: from the central court. Line engraving by W. Taylor, 1830, after B. Ferrey.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: panoramic view from the river. Engraving by Elizabeth Byrne, 1821, after F. Nash.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: soldiers outside the principal facade. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1831, after B. Ferry.
  • Wounded soldiers convalescing in the grounds of the English Hospital, Erzerum, Turkey. Wood engraving.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: panoramic view. Line engraving.
  • Chelsea Pensioners in a procession in Trafalgar Square, heading towards the Strand, to the left the base of the Nelson Column, fenced-off. Wood engraving.
  • A soldier sick with tuberculosis lying exhausted on a day-bed, attended by a nurse holding a bowl. Colour lithograph by A. Roll, ca. 1918.
  • Two Chelsea Pensioners arm-in-arm, one, with a wooden leg, leaning on a crutch and holding out his hat begging for alms [?], the other exhibiting his head wound [?]. Colour lithograph.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: as seen from the river. Lithograph by Le Villain after J. David.
  • Crimean War, England: Queen Victoria distributing Crimean War medals. Line engraving, 1856.
  • Boer War: a busy street scene with gracious ladies offering food, drink and assistance to wounded soldiers. Process print after C. Shepperson after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
  • Faustin Marneffe : grand mutilé invalide de guerre, 446, l'Hermite, Braine-l'Alleud.
  • A soldier in a lunatic asylum. Lithograph by Conrad Felixmüller, 1918.
  • Faustin Marneffe : grand mutilé invalide de guerre, 446, l'Hermite, Braine-l'Alleud.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • Invalided soldiers assembled in the garden of Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham. Wood engraving, c. 1855.
  • World War I: a convalescent soldier in a walking frame is running at speed while smoking a cigarette, endangering an older man and woman. Postcard after E. Jones, 1917.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • Boer War: the Doecker Hospital Huts at Netley with patients and a horse-drawn carriage outside. Halftone, 1900, after a photograph by S. Cribb.
  • Boer War: a nurse helping invalids to an ambulance for transfer to Maritzburg from Ladysmith. Process print after a drawing by F. Dadd after W.T. Maud.